About time to unveil the D and something else

[sbronle1]

Under 3 seconds to 60?

Are you kidding me?? One would need a neck brace for crying out loud. Like the old 280ZX commercial...you will never go 150 MPH BUT AT LEAST YOU KNOW YOU CAN!

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Are you kidding me?? One would need a neck brace for crying out loud. Like the old 280ZX commercial...you will never go 150 MPH BUT AT LEAST YOU KNOW YOU CAN!

 

[Anzir]

They need to create a significant visual distinction to the 2wd S, much more than a single letter on the trunk. This is another game changer.

 

[LittoDevil]

LOL there are 616 users browsing this ONE THREAD!!! hahaha.. that's crazy... Yes depending on price I'm going to order one in the morning xD.. who cares about the bugs, they'll fix it with a software update haha..

 

[yobigd20]

Any word on the pricing for the P85D? Can't imagine less than 150 K. How many of these is Tesla actually going to sell?

as dual motors is standard on the MX and we already know around what the pricing is going to be, I would expect the dual motor version of the model S only to be around a $5-$8k option. not another $50k....who do you think they are? saleen? LOL

 

[ckessel]

Meh. Well, 3.2 is amazing, yay for supercar, I guess, but far outside of the price range of even most luxury car buyers so it doesn't excite me much. Better high end margins I suppose.

The safety features are more interesting to me. I'm curious where regulations and testing come in on things like this (across various countries). Can Tesla just release software or does it have to prove it's functionality somehow? Even if Tesla does it well, I don't want people getting killed as the beta testers to find out there are major problems in some other vendor's implementation.

Really wish I'd waited a couple years to buy my Tesla. I'd debated it back in the day. I know tech advances, but man, the first 2 years of model S are majorly obsoleted and have got to take a huge hit on resale from this. I'd have gotten more for my money (and had way more money from TSLA) had I waited. Oh well, water under the bridge.

 

[robby]

Meh. Well, 3.2 is amazing, yay for supercar, I guess, but far outside of the price range of even most luxury car buyers so it doesn't excite me much. Better high end margins I suppose.

The safety features are more interesting to me. I'm curious where regulations and testing come in on things like this (across various countries). Can Tesla just release software or does it have to prove it's functionality somehow? Even if Tesla does it well, I don't want people getting killed as the beta testers to find out there are major problems in some other vendor's implementation.

Really wish I'd waited a couple years to buy my Tesla. I'd debated it back in the day. I know tech advances, but man, the first 2 years of model S are majorly obsoleted and have got to take a huge hit on resale from this. I'd have gotten more for my money (and had way more money from TSLA) had I waited. Oh well, water under the bridge.

Did they mention a price?

 

[K5ING]

Are you kidding me?? One would need a neck brace for crying out loud. Like the old 280ZX commercial...you will never go 150 MPH BUT AT LEAST YOU KNOW YOU CAN!

Spy shot of Elon's dog caught during the 3.2 sec 0-60 test runs.

 

[Vitaman]

For those who wish they had waited for the D rather than buying earlier, I think there is way more difference between an ICE car (even $100,000 level) and a Model S P85 than the MS and the new D.

 

[Citizen-T]

Tesla D: Model S with second motor and AWD, new driver assist tech

 

[richrootes]

....Tesla website now under maintenance

 

[ckessel]

Did they mention a price?

Not yet. An extra motor can't be cheap though, plus the normal high end performance gouging. The P is an extra $10k and I'd guess the PD is at least another $10k on top of that, minimum.

 

[Curt Renz]

I can't imagine they would officially tell news outlets ahead of time.

That's SOP. My career was in TV financial news. We would receive embargoed press releases with a given time for dissemination to the public. This time USA Today apparently miscalculated time zone differences.

 

[bollar]

Tesla D: Model S with second motor and AWD, new driver assist tech

Shame for Engadget. They're actually at the event and had to quote USAT to remain relevant.

 

[SteelGrey]

USAT Article has been removed.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2014/10/09/tesla-musk-safety-driver-aids/16986665/

 

[Owner]

Getting the D into the performance range of the Roadster will be very interesting.

One reason I am happy without the P (as a former Roadster owner) was the feel was not the same as the Roadster off the line.
Am excited to get a D loaner to test the acceleration. Worth $20K???

Not yet. An extra motor can't be cheap though, plus the normal high end performance gouging. The P is an extra $10k and I'd guess the PD is at least another $10k on top of that, minimum.

 

[InTheShadows]

The page is gone from usa today!

 

[EVSteve]

Anyone else thought of what this means for Saleen? Ouch. So much for those sales, what little the probably had.

 

[spentan]

Wish they had some sort of livestream. Anyone watching a liveblog of sorts?

 

[anticitizen13.7]

Wish they had some sort of livestream. Anyone watching a liveblog of sorts?

#ElonsD is getting me a lot of live info on Twitter.

 

[ggies07]

live stream:

tesla D event hawthorne on Livestream